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C. E. DOLAN.

LID LIFTER. APPLxc/mon mau AUG.2Q. 1915.

rarer CHARLES E. DOLAN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

LlD-LIFTER.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES E. Denen, acitizen of the United lStates, residing at Newark, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Lid-Lifters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lid lifters more particularly adapted for usewith domestic cooking vessels, and is especially designed with a viewtoward constructing a4 useful article, cheap to manufacture andconvenient to operate. 'f

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter set forth which shall have a positive gripping action upon theknob ofthe lid to be lifted Referring to the accompanying drawingforming` a portion of this specification and illustrating the preferredembodiment of the invention and in which similar` refer encecharactersindicate similar parts wherever used lfigure 1 is aperspective view showing the use of the device. Fig. 2 is a fragnnentarytop plan vview of the device; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of aportion of the device.

Two strands of wire t and 5 are twisted together to form a handle (l,bent around at 7, and conversare;r at 8 and 9, where the Strand 5 iscrossed and bent to form pro- `jections 10, ll., extending rearwardlyand parallel to the handle G, and having;r small bends l2, i3 therein inorder to give the p.oper angle to the projections 10, 1l.

'lhe strand t, from the points lit, lll, is

Specification of Letters Patent.

bent outwardly at 15, 16, to bends 17, 18, from which extend'straightportions 19, 20.'

Patented Aug. 1l, 1916,`

Application filed August 20, 1915. Serial No. 46,533.

The use of the device is as follows: The

device is grasped by means of the handle 6, and the knob 21 of thepan'lid 22 engaged between the members 19 and held between the bentportions 17, 18, the projections 10, 11, bearing upon the pan lid 22,serving to 1s uipport thedevice in position to lift the In order toprevent spreading at the points 14, 14;, a ring 23 of wire is bentaround all four wires 4, et and 5, 5.

It will be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change andmodification without material departure from the principles and spiritthereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limitingmyself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several partsherein shown, but to construe the claim as broadly as the state of theprior art will permit.

`What I claim is A lid lifter comprising a piece of wire bent aboutmidway of its length to form two legs brought substantially togethernear the free ends, the legs beyond the point where they are broughttogether forming part of a handle and the other portion of the bent'wire beyond where they are brought together beingr spread apart toprovide a pair of spaced fingers, each of said fingers being bentoutwardly intermediate its length to form with the bent portion of thecompanion finger a seat for the knob of a vessel top, a second wire bentintermediate its length to correspond with and twisted with the firstmentioned wire from the point where the legs of the latter are broughttogrether, the twisted portions of the. two wires :forming a handlereinforced throughout its length, one free end of the second mentionedwire boincY bent laterally across the opposite finger of the firstmentioned Wire and is then bent rearwardly and terminating in a lateralleg, the other free end of the second mentioned wire being bent acrossthe other opposite finger of the first mentioned wire and. the beforementioned lateral leg and bent rearwardly and terminating in a secondlateral leg and a tie Wire engaging the In testimony Wheleof I affix mysignarst and second mentioned Wires between ture in presence of twoWitnesses.` the beginning of Jdie twisted part and the CHARLES EL DQLANbent lateral legs, the-tie Wire serving to lock VVtnesseS:

5 the handies legs together to prevent splead- MICHAEL J. TANSEY,

ing to form a rigid structure. JOSEPH A. CONNOLLY.

